#to properly get in the right mindset for playing as falvesi

[daggerfall]

To The Clockwork City (pt 1)

(Bel and Falvesi go to meet with Divayth Fyr about an expedition. most dialogue copied from in-game quest.)

"Ah, you've arrived at last. Come forward, we have much to discuss."

Hearing his voice again across the temple would have made Falvesi's stomach drop, had she not spend the last week on a mad dash across Tamriel to stop the deaths of mages at the hands of their shadows, and worrying the whole while about her dearly missed Clockwork City. Getting just a few hours to see its gear-turning sky during the pursuit of Barbas was enough to make her homesick even amidst the fear of being labeled an enemy of the city. Now, she was too exhausted to truly react to the man she had hoped she would never need to interact with again.

Bel looked to her for approval to go further in, worried at her friend's silence again most likely. Falvesi, not wanting to let on her worries about Divayth to Bel, nodded minutely to her and approached the ancient wizard.

"So, you two have chosen to join me. Excellent," he went in straight away, no concern for greetings or niceties. She at least thought he would have a kinder word for Bel. "I seek a powerful Daedric artifact. It lies hidden in a land you," he pointedly said to Falvesi, "are much familiar with —a gleaming city filled with danger, curiosity, and contradiction. In such a place, diverse and familiar perspectives are vital. Thus, you both."

"What exactly would we be signing up for?" Bel asked, also a bit annoyed at the speediness of Divayth getting to the point.

He either did not notice or care. "A voyage that only a few have ever undertaken. We will travel to Sotha Sil's peculiar experiment—the Clockwork City. I have inquiries to make. You both will assist me."

Falvesi felt the rare sensation of genuine anger. "You've known how to reach the Clockwork City this entire time?" she snapped.

"Of course I have," he said plainly. "The Tribunes are not so clever that they could hide such a place from me for long. The city is quite close… and also very far away. Just the first of Sotha Sil's many paradoxes. If you choose to join me, be prepared for many more."

He wanted to be difficult.

"Why did you keep to yourself the knowledge of how I could return home? I've been praying to Seht for months trying to learn how to get back."

Divayth sighed, like he was explaining basic mathematics to a child. "Sil sent you here for a reason. If he has not deigned you with a response in all this time, then it is hardly my prerogative to end your adventure on Tamriel."

Falvesi could feel her frustration nearly about to boil over. It didn't make sense. Why would Seht purposefully leave her here after she succeeded? She needed new instructions - Lord Seht was unable to reach her to give them, of course. If Divayth thought the silence of Falvesi's god was intentional, then… "Then why ask me to help on a mission that requires we leave Tamriel?"

This time, his sigh was softer. Kinder. Patient. "You escaped the prisons of Coldharbour. You bested Molag Bal in mortal combat. In Coldharbour no less. The future holds its secrets close, but I have scried glimpses. Your spirit strides alongside those of anointed kings and heroes. Trust me - you walk the path to power, and this is one of those paths." She still glared in distrust at him. "Don't believe me? Good. A healthy dose of skepticism will serve you well."

But his words did turn in her head. Maybe he was right. Maybe Lord Seht's mission extended beyond the Planemeld. Divayth Fyr was a powerful mage - that much was sure. It made sense that if her path was one of power, that at some point, he could be leading her along it. Maybe it wasn't time to return to the Clockwork City before, but it was now.

She turned to Bel as always, looking for guidance on what she thought of the situation. Bel's brow was furrowed until she noticed Falvesi was looking to her. Bel looked between the two dark elves, back and forth a few times, before looking up in thought, sighing slightly, and nodding with a smile. Falvesi nodded in response and looked away, eager to cease eye contact.

"All right!" Bel exclaimed. "We're in." She smiled her million sun smile at Divayth. Whether it was from genuine excitement at the mission or to break the tension, neither could say.

"Of course are you. Naturally, you have questions. Alas, they wi-" the rest of whatever he said tuned out to Falvesi. She was going home.

(part 2)